Studio: international art (51.1911)

Art School Notes

head from life the work collectively was below the
average of the preceding year, but the study by
Mr. J. H. Gardiner, who won the first medal, was
remarkable for its observation of character. The
modelled work was of a high average, as it has
been for several years past at the Academy. The
best things were those of Mr. P. B. Baker and
Mr. N. A. Trent. Mr. Baker’s model of a design,
The Entombment, was most happy in its arrangement,
and well deserved the prize that was awarded to it.

Mr. George Clausen, R.A., Mrs. Reynolds-
Stephens, Professor Selwyn Image, Mr. Herbert
Dicksee, Mr. David McGill, and Mr. C. de Gruchy,
awarded the prizes in the competitions of the South
Kensington (Royal College of Art) Sketching Club.
In the landscape section the general standard was
good, and some of the unsuccessful exhibitors ran
the prizewinners very close indeed. The Principal’s
prizes for the best sets of sketches in colour were
taken by Mr. W. O. Miller, Mr. H. Brownsword,
Mr. G. H. Day, and Mr. C. Norris, for very credit-
able groups of landscapes. The prize offered by

Mr. E. W. Tristram for the best set of studies of
one form of artistic craft produced so good a com-
petition that Professor Image and Mr. McGill
increased the one award to three, which were
carried off by Mr. R. A. Wilson, Mr. R. O.
Pearson, and Mr. A. Ward. Miss Hannay won
the prize for the best study of cloud forms, and
Mr. H. A. Budd the prize for figure composition
with a Bacchanalian group in water-colour, illus-
trating the subject, A Festival. The etching com-
petition for the prize offered by Mr. Frank Short,
A.R.A., and Miss C. M. Pott, resulted in the victory
of Mr. S. Anderson; and the prize for a design for
a stained glass window fell to Mr. R. O. Pearson,
who also gained the prize given by Professor
W. R. Lethaby for the best piece of workmanship
in any one of the artistic crafts.

In the Gilbert-Garret Competition between the
students’ sketching clubs of London, the Royal
College of Art once more carried off the Award
of Honour, and with it no fewer than three first
prizes. Most of the London art schools took part

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